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Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
Kanji used
standing up
stop
Pitch accent
ちとま
ちとまる
Composed of
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
Examples (15 in total)
We stopped to take pictures.
They stopped to talk.
I noticed that he had stopped.
I stopped and gazed at them.
She stopped to smoke a cigarette.
I stopped so I could smoke a cigarette.
The traveler stopped to ask me the way.
He stopped to smoke.
The horse stopped and wouldn't move.
The old man stopped suddenly and looked back.
Suddenly, she stopped and looked around.
I stopped and waited for the car to pass.
The old man stopped suddenly and looked round.
Tom never stops to think.
He stopped to think which way to go.